Being Volodymyr Zelenskiy: How war has changed Ukraine's leader
KYIV - Intense. Impatient. Sleep-deprived. Step into the relentless world of Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine's wartime president.The 46-year-old said his ambition when he was elected in 2019 had been to help Ukraine become a modern democracy, before that mission was shattered by Russia's invasion in 2022. "All I wanted five years ago was a very liberal country with a liberal economy," Zelenskiy, a former stand-up comic, told Reuters in an interview in May on the fifth anniversary of his inaugura
Being Volodymyr Zelenskiy: How war has changed Ukraine's leader
KYIV - Intense. Impatient. Sleep-deprived. Step into the relentless world of Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine's wartime president.The 46-year-old said his ambition when he was elected in 2019 had been to help Ukraine become a modern democracy, before that mission was shattered by Russia's invasion in 2022. "All I wanted five years ago was a very liberal country with a liberal economy," Zelenskiy, a former stand-up comic, told Reuters in an interview in May on the fifth anniversary of his inaugura
Olympics-Security to be boosted following pitch invasion
PARIS - Paris Olympics organisers said they would boost security at the Games and ensure security staff are available and well trained after a pitch invasion at a soccer match between Argentina and Morocco on Wednesday. Organisers said the incident during the opening match of the soccer tournament - in which security staff chased fans around the pitch at Saint-Etienne Stadium - had not posed a major security risk and that lessons would be learned. "We do not minimise the events of yesterday," O
EU sues Germany, Italy for alleged discrimination against mobile workers
The European Commission said on Thursday it had decided to refer Germany and Italy to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over practices it said discriminated against mobile workers.In both countries in recent years, schemes were introduced for family allowances that were smaller for some groups of workers than for others.In Italy, workers needed to have resided in the country for at least two years to be eligible for the benefit, while in Germany allowances were smaller for workers who had chil
Italy's vintage trains lure tourists off beaten track
SULMONA, Italy - As it rolls across Italy's central regions, a vintage diesel locomotive towing carriages from the 1930s and 1950s crosses the forests of the Majella National park and the Abruzzo highlands, giving tourists on board a glimpse of hidden hamlets.Across its just over 100 kilometres (62 miles), the so-called Italian Transiberian rail line, also known as the Park Railway, slips into gorges, snakes into 58 tunnels and braves huge viaducts.It was the first of some 1,000 kilometres of li
G7 framework deal on $50 billion Ukraine loan seen in Oct, EU's Gentiloni says
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Group of Seven wealthy democracies are likely to have a framework deal for a Russian-asset-backed $50 billion loan to Ukraine by October, in time to tap markets by year-end, European Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said on Thursday.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Rio de Janeiro, Gentiloni said there was good progress on the technical and legal aspects of the loan, agreed in principle in June."I
South Africa's climate action too slow to meet its bold pledges, says report
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa, the world's 14th biggest carbon emitter, has made strong commitments to climate action but is moving too slowly to wean itself off coal and roll out renewables to meet them, a key report said on Thursday.Africa's most industrialised country has been lauded for making ambitious pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions - which are higher even than far richer nations like France, Britain and Italy - and for producing a comprehensive plan to achieve them."Despite all the
Explainer-How does extreme heat affect medicines and those taking them?
The world just experienced the hottest day on record and prolonged heat waves have become more common due to climate change, conditions that can alter medications and their effects on patients taking them.Here is what you need to know about medicines in hot weather: HOW DOES HEAT ALTER THE EFFECTS AND QUALITY OF MEDICINES?Medications for common conditions can increase patients' sensitivity to heat by impairing the body's response to high temperatures, including the ability to sweat and the rat
Olympics-Athletics-Running brand On launches spray-on marathon shoe in bid for Paris spotlight
PARIS - Running brand On made its latest move in the supershoe race on the eve of the Paris Olympics, unveiling a marathon shoe produced by a robotic arm spraying material onto a mold to create a sock-like upper, with no laces.On, a Swiss brand founded in 2010 and listed in New York in 2021, has been trying to muscle its way into the high-tech running shoe contest traditionally fought by market leaders Nike and Adidas.The "LightSpray" production method used in #Zurich, with fewer parts required
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